sesquilinear
Adjective
Meaning
sesquilinear (not comparable)
(mathematics) (of a map of a complex vector space) Linear in one coordinate and conjugate linear in the other
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Examples
Conjugate symmetry is also called Hermitian symmetry, and a conjugate symmetric sesquilinear form is called a Hermitian form.
In some cases we need to consider non-negative semi-definite sesquilinear forms.